mwvsciencefair - lexi vs bunficus

Title: Lexi vs Bunifcus

Broad Question:
Will a rabbit learn a maze faster than a small dog?
Specific Question: Does the type of animal (rabbit vs dog)effect the amount of time to learn a maze?

Hypothesis
It is hypothesized that the rabbit will learn the maze better and faster than the small dog.I believe this because rabbit’s live in warrens,which are a huge maze-like underground dwellings. According to article on buzzle rabbits have a very good memory.The combination of the good memory,IQ of 20,and instincts to make and live in underground mazes are my reasons why I believe the rabbit will learn the maze better and faster than the small dog.

Graph of Hypothesis
The animal the time it takes to get through the maze mean R 6256 mean D 7002 range 746

hypo graph

Independent Variable:Type of Animal

Dependent Variable: The dependent variable is time and will be measured in seconds

Variables That Need To Be Controlled:The maze must be kept the same ,same time of day , the same room,same animals.same rewards used,same timer,same starting point,

Safety Or Environmental Concerns :
If the rabbit starts to eat the card board someone has to intervene

Experimental Design
1.My Chron stopwatch quantity 1
2.dwarf lion head rabbit quantity 1
3. chiwawa papillon 7 years of age quantity 1
4.open space free of distraction and fear causing objects quantity 1
5. iceberg lettuce leaves quantity 10
6.american store brand pre sliced unwrapped cheese quantity 5
7.cardboard boxes
8.a person knows how to run the camera quantity 1
9.Kodak EASYSHARE M580 14.0 MP Digital camera quantity 1
10.sturdy scissors quantity 3 two for backup
11. classic gray duct tape quantity 1 or 2 standard rolls
12.AA batteries quantity 1 or 2 packages

Measure the width, length and height of the dog take the length and multiply by 6 this is the dimension of your maze take the width and add 3 cm to the number this is the width of the passages take the height up to the shoulder subtract 4 cm Gather cardboard to create the maze walls by taking the new height cutting the cardboard to this height and taping at the corners .Set up the maze in the large space and con a person into taking photos and videos of the trials.To do the dog trials place a slice of cheese halved at the end, do the 10 trials repeating to place the cheese at the end and timing each one by seconds.To do the rabbit trials use lettuce instead of cheese. Graph the results in a table to easily compare the two animals times.

data table
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Resources and Budget Table

american store brand presliced unwrapped cheese	1 package	3.00
iceberg lettuce leaves	1 bag	5.00
classic gray duct tape quantity 1 or 2 standard rolls	1 or 2 standard rolls	7.00 or 14.00
.AA batteries quantity	1 or 2 packages	5.00 or 10.00

section of finshed maze

Graph

data graph

mean graph

Results
The average run time for the small dog was 489 seconds. The bunny’s average run time was 2708 seconds.The bunny took more than 4 times as long to run the maze then the dog.

Conclusion
The experiment was designed to test the two animals capability of getting through a maze . The results show that the dog, took the shortest the run time. The average run time for the dog was 489 seconds.The bunny’s time was 2708 seconds, therefore the dog is the most capable animal to get through the maze

Discussion
This experiment was set up to see how The experiment was designed to test the animals capability of getting through a maze The results of the experiment did answer the question. the dog,was capable of going faster through the maze . It had previously been hypothesized that the bunny would go faster because the enterment is much like their natural home. The results did not support that hypothesis.the dog instead took an average of 489 seconds to run the maze. These results were not perfectly consistent. In trial 10 , the dog took 3 more seconds then in trial 9 there is no pattern or trends seen in the data there was a strong relationship between the independent variable conditions and changes in the dependent variable the bunny was not very movenanted therefore the bunny did not run quickly through the maze.the dog how ever was highly movavented and quickly ran the maze the results that happened can not be explained by research there not previous similar experiments the results are difficult to explain, based upon the research the bunny should have had the upper hand because rabbit live in warrens,which are a huge maze-like underground dwellings. According to article on buzzle rabbits have a very good memory.The combination of the good memory,IQ of 20,and instincts to make and live in underground mazes one of the problems arose during the experiment despite of the design was the bunny at tried to eat the maze because she did not know the food was at the end to improve upon this experiment I would have made sure the animals had not eaten in the past two hours the knowledge gained through my experiment be of benefit or use to people it.because with a little more experimenting could end the argument of wither or not the bunny is smarter then a dog future experiments could be studied to build upon the knowledge that I have created with my experiment like giving each animal a card and having them find the matching card or play hide and seek by hiding a toy and having them find it

Background Research
They live in groups called herds, in a warren. A warren is a huge maze-like underground dwelling for rabbits.
Rabbits have a very good memory.
Rabbits have a 360 degree vision, and can see things behind them without turning around. They have just one blind spot which is right in front of their nose.
Read more at Buzzle:
dogs They can smell within 50 metres around them in all directions
language development test, revealing average dogs can learn 165 words (similar to a 2-year-old child), they would trump a 3- or 4-year-old in basic arithmetic "The social life of dogs is much more complex, much more like human teenagers at that stage, interested in who is moving up in the pack and who is sleeping with who and that sort of thing,"
the average IQ of a rabbit is 20. a dog has 57 average.
Rabbits have a very good memory for people they love, as well as for people who have abused them
Dachshunds were bred to fight badgers in their dens.Some wilddog relatives, like foxes and wolves, dig dens to raise their young. Sleeping in a den protects the young pups from extreme temperatures (both hot and cold) and from predators. Our pet dogs share the desire to sleep in and under things that resemble a den. They often dig at the ground and circle before lying down, as though they’re trying to make a softer resting place. (Many dogs do this on the carpet or furniture as well.) and when hunting ground-dwelling animals.
.Hunting Ground-Dwelling Animals
Most dogs have the desire and ability to hunt small prey such as moles, groundhogs, etc. If a dog finds a hole with an animal inside, she may dig relentlessly in an attempt to get to the animal.
oA predator normally has more developed brains and intelligence because they need to effiecntly hunt down their prey.Dogs also live in packs in the wild,futher demonstrating their inteliegence.Futhermore,long-term domestication of dogs by humans ahve caused their brains to evolve to fit their new lifestyle.

http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/6440-whats-smarter-rabbit-or-dog/

http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/guide/why-dogs-dig-what-you-can-do

:http://www.buzzle.com/articles/facts-about-rabbits.html

http://www.ask.com/web?l=sem&ifr=1&qsrc=999&q=%20dogs%20udergroud&siteid=15145&o=15145&ar_uid=D4DDBF65-69F6-4F96-9006-C9FAA001EB16&click_id=78DFB8D4-E2CC-421C-92B7-911EFC8F4838"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32349079/ns/health-pet_health/t/dogs-are-smarter-toddlers-

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_IQ_of_a_rabbit

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Rabbits-703/2009/10/rabbit-memory-1.htm#

http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/02/15_dogs.html

Abstract

The purpose of this experiment was to answer the commonly asked qustian “Are rabbits smarter then dogs?”. It was hypothesized that the rabbit would run the maze faster then the dog because rabbits live nomraly in mazes.A dog and a rabbit were placed in a maze.The time it took to run was measured for ten trials. The average run time for the small dog was 489 seconds. The bunny’s average run time was 2708 seconds.The bunny took more than 4 times as long to run the maze then the dog.